[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
May 25, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite
700
Washington, DC 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter is to inform you
that Commitment 111 of Revision 2 to the Implementation Plan for Stabilization and Storage of
Nuclear Material for
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2000-1 (July 2002)
has been completed.
Commitment 111 requires the
complete stabilization and packaging of oxides at Hanford, which was completed
on February 20, 2004.
Remaining is the work at
Richland regarding the weld porosity of some DOE-STD-3013 outer can welds
referenced in the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management’s February
5, 2003, letter. The resolution for Commitment
110 was to either re-weld the outer can welds or extensively radiograph and
analyze the outer containers’ welds. The
referenced outer cans are being re-welded and the work will be completed by
June 30, 2004.
Should you or your staff have
any questions concerning these issues, please contact me at (202) 586-0738 or
Keith Klein, Manager Richland Operations Office, at (509) 376-7395.
Sincerely,
Dr. Inés Triay
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Environmental Management
cc: M. Whitaker, DR-1/DOE
K.
Klein, RL/DOE